Compass and level attachment for vehicles.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904514-l No. r164,444.

E. EINKELSON. COMPASS AND LEVEL ATTAGHMENT EUR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13y 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

COMPASS AND LEVEL ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,444, dated July 5,1904.

Application filed June 13,1903. Serial No. 161,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RAYMOND FINKELsoN, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of Newv York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Compass and LevelAttachments for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a compass and level attachment for bicycles,automobiles, and the like; and the primary object of the attachment isto inform the rider of a bicycle or operator of an automobile as to thedirection in which he is traveling or whether he is on a level or movingup or down grade.

The improved attachment is adapted to be attached to the handle-bars ofa bicycle or to parts of the frame adjacent to the handle-bars and isdisposed in a horizontal position, so as to be readily seen and informthe rider as to the direction of movement or grade. It is ,also applied,preferably, on the dashboard of an automobile, though it may be attachedto any other part of the latter where it can be readily viewed.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

base 2 has its upper surface prepared or arranged to deline the fourcardinal points of a compass-namely north, south, east, and west-and inthe center is a Vmagnetic needle 6,\vhich operates, as usual, inconnection with said points. In the baseQ a level 7 is mounted and maybe of any of the preferred forms of such devices, said level beingdepressed within the base to such an extent as to avoid interfering withthe needle 6 in its free rotation. The base 2 also carries a thcrmometer 8, by means of which a rider or operator may ascertain thetemperature at a glance. The case or box is embraced by a support orspider 9, having in the present instance three arms with the terminalsupturned against the periphery of the case or boX. Disposed against thecenter of the support or spider is a head 10 of a clamp 11, the saidhead 10 being firmly held in applied position by a screw-bolt 12, whichprojects upwardly into the center of the base, as clearly shown by Fig.2. The clamp 11 comprises opposite yielding arms 13, which are slightlybowed at the center for embracing a part of the handle-bars or frame ofa bicycle or a portion of the dashboard or guard of an automobile orlike vehicle. The arms 13 Aare connected by a brace-screw 14, and attheir rear terminals are clamping-screws 15 and 16, the said screwsbeing employed to firmly secure the arms to a part of the bicycle orautomobile to which the improved attachment is applied.

When the attachment is applied, it is disposed in horizontal positionand the rider or operator can readily ascertain therefrom the directionin which he is traveling or whether he is moving' on a level or up ordown grade.

The improved attachment will be found ex ceptionally convenient, and toaccommodate dilferent applications changes in the proportions anddimensions may be resortedv to without departing from the spirit oftheinvention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is Adevice for attachment to a support therefor, as some part of a bicycleor other vehicle, consisting' of an inclosing case holding a compass andspirit-level, and an embracing spider for the case having arms securedagainst the periphery of the latter,and aelamp provided with a head atits front terminal therethrough in advance of the maximum removablysecured against the Center of the projection of the bowsandClamping-screws under side of the Spider and case-bottom, the engagingthe rear straight ends thereof.

said clamp having arms extending rearwardly RAYMOND FINKELSON. 5therefrom and formed with intermediate out- Vitnesses:

Wardly-direeted bows and rear straight ends, PHILIP HAUSER,

the arms having a brace-screw extending VILLIAM KNooP.

